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Rishi Sunak says sorry for leaving D-day events early to record TV interview
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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Yeah you really shouldn't bother continuing to campaign because he is literally the worst possible prime minister you could have picked.
But he was picked and that's a conservative problem. That frankly the conservatives deserve.
I can think of several worse picks, but yes he's A bad pick
He lost to Liz Truss.
I’d say that in itself is more of an achievement than anything else he’s managed as the PM.
Did he achieve literally anything as PM? I know he was going on about that smoking law but did that actually go through.
I know he legislated that an unsafe country is safe, but given that that's going to get undone the instant Labour in office I don't count it. Also it ended up having absolutely zero effect anyway as the only person deported to Rwanda was someone who went voluntarily.
What I mean though is he was hand-picked by the Tories, it wasn't as though there was an election where he ended up on top because all the other candidates were not chosen, like Theresa May. He didn't win by default or anything, they chose him.
They actually presumably thought about it and decided he was the best option. If that's what the party thinks is the best option, I think it's doomed as a political entity. I would not waste my time having anything to do with it.
We can only hope it's doomed
The party elected Truss. They showed themselves unable to pick a decent leader. So the party machinery stepped in and did a bit better. It shows the state of the party.